Three Nuns

Location: Newport (Gwent) - Spytty Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1988
Further Comments: A group of four friends watched a trio of nuns drift across the field ahead of them. The ghosts moved in a perfectly straight line apart from one ninety degree turn, before vanishing.

Nuns

Location: Newport (Gwent) - Tredegar House, Coedkernew
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mostly unknown, bloody carpet on Friday 13 (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Phantom nuns were seen walking through the courtyard, while in other areas, disembodied footfalls have occurred. One local legend says that whenever Friday falls on the thirteenth of a month, one carpet on the site develops a bloodstain which vanishes as the day ends.

Big Bertha

Location: Newport (Gwent) - University of Wales College, Caerleon Campus
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Bertha Ramsey, a 6 foot tall matron at the campus, was found dead at the base of a set of stairs in 1962 - it was unsure whether she tripped or if she was pushed. Her ghost has been seen and is blamed for playing with the elevators after dark. Another ghost observed on site is that of a Roman centurion, as the building was constructed on the site of an ancient burial site.

Wolves

Location: Ogmore Vale (Mid Glamorgan) - Forest near the former Abba school
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1990 onwards
Further Comments: A local has claimed that several people in the area have spotted wolves stalking the forest. There is an unsubstantiated report that a boy disappeared in the woodland and was eventually found torn apart.

Throwing Stones

Location: Old Colwyn (Clwyd) - Farm in the area
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1893
Further Comments: Stones would seemingly fall from nowhere and land in milk churns as a farmer tended to his herd of cows. The farmer asked friends to help, but even as they kept watch, the stones still fell and landed in the milk. Eventually forty people joined the watch, and the stone throwing ceased.

Smoke Without Fire

Location: Overton (West Glamorgan) - White Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: Landlady Sam Nikolic reported several strange events in the pub, including a room which filled with smoke (even though no source could be found) and the sounds of someone walking around empty parts of the building.

White Horse Upright

Location: Oxwich (West Glamorgan) - Churchyard
Type: Other
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century
Further Comments: This ghostly creature walks around on hind legs, ending the jaunt as it vanishes down an ancient well.

Angels

Location: Pantau (Dyfed) - Unknown house in the area
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A preacher by the name of David Thomas reportedly encountered a band of angels as he prayed in his house one night. Their presence illuminated the room to such an extent that his candlelight was no longer visible.

Haunted Margaret

Location: Panteg (Gwent) - Church (plus a footbridge and other locations in the area)
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Marget yr Yspryd gained her nickname 'Haunted Margaret' after being jilted at the alter - she fell to her knees in the church and prayed that the man who betrayed her would never find rest. The man died shortly after, and his ghost took to following Margaret. One of Margaret's friends suggested talking to the ghost and forgiving him. Soon after, Margaret met the ghost at a footbridge - she absolved him, and the ghost disappeared forever.

Cutter

Location: Pantywenol (Gwynedd) - Private residence (gutted by fire in 2017)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1860s
Further Comments: The ghost at this house was said to cut people's clothing. The daughter of the owner was accused of faking the haunting to try to drive her mother out of the house.

Phantom Faces

Location: Pembrey (Dyfed) - Pembrey Country Park, coastline near the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: As well as the occasional ghost ship reported off the coast, the area is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of those killed by wreakers in the seventeenth century.

Excalibur

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Bosherton Pools
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These lakes are one of the contenders for the location where King Arthur was given his magical sword.

Woman in Crinoline

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Bush House (currently a boarding house?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1954 (man with dogs), August 1955 (female)
Further Comments: A night watchman spotted a man carrying a gun and accompanied with three dogs walk across the grounds and vanish into a pond. A year later, three guests at the house were awoken by persistent hammering on the door and walls of their room. The following night they spotted a woman wearing a long dress in the garden bathed in a strange light - she disappeared through a wall.

Lost Princess

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Carew Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This wandering shade, thought to be Princess Nest, known as the Helen of Wales, travels around the castle grounds as if looking for something. Another legend says that the great hall is haunted by a former owner and his pet ape, both of whom were found dead and on fire.

Woman from the Asp

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Docks
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1850s
Further Comments: MHS Asp, haunted by the ghost of a strange woman who terrified the ship's crew, docked at Pembroke for repairs. The spectral female decided to disembark here; she was fired at by sentries before disappearing into a local graveyard.

Lady in Black

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Manorbier Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This feminine figure dressed in black seems to appear near the gatehouse.

Lavender

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Port Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-1940s
Further Comments: A former serving woman haunts the building, her presence being marked by the odour of lavender.

Ringing Bell

Location: Pembroke (Dyfed) - Ramsey Sound
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Prior to a storm
Further Comments: A church bell stolen by Oliver Cromwell's men was being transported by boat. Due to their mistreatment of the bell, the boat was sunk; now the bell can be heard to ring before a storm blows up.

White Animal

Location: Pen-y-bryn (Dyfed) - Cardigan to Cilgerran road
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 2008, around 00:30h
Further Comments: While travelling home to Cilgerran, this witness spotted a large white animal behind a fence which was described as a cross between 'a deer and a big cat'.

Shadow

Location: Pen-y-cae (Powys) - Craig Y Nos Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2007
Further Comments: While on a ghost hunt, The Ghost Research Foundation International photographed a human shaped shadow standing on the staircase, although it has been suggested that this was shadow was casted from a statuette on the roof. The owners of the castle claim many ghosts haunt the building, including the composer Rossini, opera singer Adelina Patti and her husband, and the sound of children running.

White Woman

Location: Penallt (Gwent) - Between the Argoed (private residence) and nearby pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dressed all in white, this woman committed suicide in the pond where her ghost now vanishes.

Captain Ramon Hill

Location: Penarth (South Glamorgan) - Kymin House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An eighteenth century pirate, some say Ramon enjoys remaining earthbound and scaring people.

Phantom Hunt

Location: Penbryn (Dyfed) - Unidentified farm in the parish
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Phantom hounds and hunters were once said to make an occasional appearance here.

Dusty Shoemaker's Son

Location: Pencader (Dyfed) - Nearby Mountain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Taffy, a shoemaker's son, entered a fairy circle on this mountain and danced for ten minutes before leaving. As he walked back to the village, Taffy realised he did not recognise any of the buildings, and on the site of his parents' cottage, an old farmhouse now stood. Taffy told his story to the farmer and then, as time caught up with him, turned to ash.

Dancers

Location: Pencarreg (Dyfed) - Area close to a mountain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large number of fairies dancing in a field were spotted by a group of people intending to play football. The fairies moved away to another field, and when they realised the people were following, became invisible.